Two weeks pass since Vincent arrived in Novigrad with the others as Vincent was doing some favors for Yennefer, Triss, and Avallac'h with his family while preparing a plan with Vesemir and waiting for Ciri and Geralt.
Valexus and Adda were in Tretogor. Adda as the rightful Queen of Redania succeeded Radovid and with Briin already in control of everything it was easy to pull everything off.
Valexus was announced as the new King while Redania would become the ruler of Redania and Temaria as well as the Northern Kingdoms over them if they joined the Empire.
This made some influential people change boats rapidly and the invisible Network of the Empire began its work swiftly. They already implanted spies all over the Northern Kingdoms since the portal was opened between both worlds because information is their bread and butter.
In just two weeks the weakened Redania became a strong nation build-up by corpses of traitors and people not believing in the cause of the Empire making many humans call them Tyrants but they were still alive to tell the tale.
Lucia was already at the front leading the Legions as she split the Dragons in two sending them to the North and South Frontier, while Vincent visited a small fishing village with Mina and Mako as well as some of his children as he wanted to see if his adopted daughter was alright.
They arrived there and all eyes were on them since they all knew that the Black Dragon that terrorized them was part of the Highwind Empire. Velen belonged to the Empire already and even the actual Baron wouldn't deny that out of fear that they would drag him out of his bed at night and kill him.
Vincent knocked at the door that belonged to his adoptive daughter and he hears someone inside move towards the door.
The door opened and only the boy he left his daughter within the house. Vincent had a bad feeling about the situation. The boy seemed scared as he saw Vincent not knowing who he was.
"Who are you, sir?" asks Graham who couldn't recognize Vincent like that.
"Vincent Highwind, we met before Graham. Where is Anabelle Highwind?" asks Vincent as he didn't want to believe his bad feeling but it was crying out loud telling him that something happened to her.
"Anabelle was taken away one day," says Graham nervous as Vincent's eyes turned completely red when Mako had to hold him down.
"Who has taken my daughter!" shouts Vincent so loud that the earth trembled under his breath.
He wasn't the only one enraged by this. The others were the same as their eyes turned ice cold. Anabelle even not of their blood was their sister and that means she is a member of the Imperial Family.
"Who took her?" asks Mina cold so cold that Graham could feel his skin freeze.
"The soldiers of the Bloody Baron. They came for the taxes. I told her not to leave the house but when they saw her she was taken away by them. We told them that Anabelle was a Highwind but they only laughed saying that a Highwind wouldn't live in a fishermen village and marry a fisherman," says Graham as Vincent was enraged.
"I should have killed all of them when I was in Crow's Perch!" says Vincent as Mako let him go since he now had an enemy or better said a target to vent his anger.
"We will burn it down completely and take my daughter. If she isn't alive Velen will burn completely to pacify my anger!" shouts Vincent making everyone in the village hear what will happen next.
His children knew that their father wasn't talking he was completely serious about everything he was spatting at the moment.
Vincent stormed into the woods as everyone heard him roar which turned from a man into that of Dragon. A Giant Black Dragon was soon in their view and they now knew that the Dragon that was away returned and they would all become victims if something happened to his daughter.
Vincent looked at his family holding his hand out towards them without saying a word. They mounted his palm and Vincent moved them to his back before he took flied towards Crow's Perch which he overflew fast.
He was circling the city which made the people inside the village feel nervous. Vincent could see that as well as the others when they suddenly find two familiar faces in the city.
Vincent now couldn't burn Crow's Perch to the ground as he wanted to since his own student was in the village with her father-figure but that didn't mean he couldn't attack the city.
Vincent landed and his children that followed him entered the city with Mina and Mako while he turned back before following him. Screams could be heard coming from the village and Ciri and Geralt were confused about what was going on.
They tried to stop the family only to find Vincent and the family. They felt shivers run their spines as Vincent killed a helpless child with his spear.
"Why are you doing this?" asks Geralt as he wanted to draw his sword.
"Because they kidnapped my daughter," says Vincent which makes Geralt stiffen up.
When he first encountered the Baron's men they were plundering a village and taking young women with them. Geralt knew he couldn't do anything if Vincent's rage is justified. He himself would do anything for Ciri and he knew that Vincent would do the same for his daughter.
"That doesn't mean that you can kill civilians," says Ciri appealing to Vincent's humanity.
"Witcher, what would you do if they kidnapped Ciri?" asks Vincent knowing the answer already as Geralt had a grim expression.
"I would have slaughtered them all like pigs," says Geralt as Ciri looked at Geralt.
"Then take Ciri away from here and to Novigrad. We were already waiting for you. After I am done with this I will join you again. Also, tell Karliah and Kirvena that something happened to Anabelle. They would want to know it," says Vincent as he had to inform the two people that really wanted the best for Anabelle.
"Please, you don't have to kill everyone," says Ciri as she wanted to protect the people of this village that took care of her while she was wounded.
"Ciri, you either get out of my way, or you will join them," says Vincent cold as Ciri realized that Vincent was serious about that.
"There is no saving for the Baron but you can still save the girl if you play your card right," whispers Geralt into Ciri's ears since she was the one Ciri really wanted to safe.
"Alright, but let me join you then. I have someone that I need to protect as you have someone," says Ciri as everyone looked at Vincent to hear his decision.
Suddenly a child ran out of a burning building. He was hiding in it but because of the conversation it couldn't wait any longer and Vincent looked at Ciri who saw his stare.
"No!" shouts Ciri as Vincent walked forward.
"It seems you aren't ready to save even one soul. You have to be able to sacrifice people so you can save some. Ciri, you aren't a Saint but a woman that doesn't understand her place," says Vincent cold as Ciri thought that everything she knew about Vincent was a lie only a facade.
"So this is your real face, demon," says Ciri as Vincent didn't wait and killed the child himself before Ciri could attack him.
He used the middle part of his spear to block before ramming the blunt rear into her abdomen making her fall over. Vincent looked at Geralt who understood what Vincent wanted from him.
"There is a girl inside the manor of the baron. She is a child that helped Ciri before. Don't kill her if possible," says Geralt almost pleading Vincent not to kill her.
"Her name?" asks Vincent as Geralt was surprised.
He looked into Vincent's eyes which weren't cold at the moment and says, "Gretka, she is a kitchen helper."
"I will remember that. Ciri would hate me if I killed her but she needs to learn what war really is or she will soon lose her life," says Vincent as many people misunderstood war.
War is not a pleasant thing in which honor counts. War is brutal and unforgiving. It doesn't care if it kills millions of innocents or if children, women, and the elderly die only one thing is important in war and that is to be the winner at the end nothing else matters, the same can be said about vengeance.
"Are we keeping her alive?" asks Orug as Mina hits him in the ribcage.
"Of course, or your father wouldn't have asked and now move we need to find your sister," says Mina as her eyes turned cold again.
Vincent was walking in front as he murdered his way towards the Baron's manor. He was dragging the corpse of a guard on his spear as he throws said corpse against the door leading into the manor.
"I am here for Anabelle Highwind, my daughter. She was taken away by the Baron's men. If I don't get her b-" says Vincent as he didn't have to look further.
Oruk was dragging a woman out of the stables she only had a lump on that covered nothing and her eyes were dead making Vincent feel rage that he only felt once before and that was when his family died by Nidhogg's hands.
"Bring them all out. I don't want to kill them any longer. I want them to suffer for all eternity," says Vincent as he took Black Soul Gems out of his pouch.
Mina never saw Vincent this angry before. She saw him angry before but it seemed to be only the tip of the iceberg as he put the Black Soul Gems away again.
"No, that place would be a blessing for you. I need to send you to a place I am sure you will suffer," says Vincent as his armor changed into Dark Knight and darkness was leaking his body.
They were all dragged out of the manor as Vincent says, "We will start with Gretka."
"No, please I haven't done anything," says the girl in fear as she could see darkness leak out of Vincent.
"Take her and Anabelle away. I will deal with the rest," says Vincent as out of the Darkness two people manifested.
He sends his family away because he didn't want them to watch what he was about to do as the only thing his family could hear was screams of mercy while Lorkhan and Doppelganger of Vincent pulled them into his Darkness into a fate worse than the Soul Cairn and the village was burning down to the ground.